Legal Opinion
Licht v. Quattrocchi
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 31, 1982No. 82-259-AppealPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case came before us on appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court declaring an act passed by the General Assembly, P.L.1982, ch. 20, purporting to reapportion and redistrict the Rhode Island Senate, to be unconstitutional. The judgment further enjoined the Secretary of State and the Board of Elections from accepting declarations of candidacy or preparing for elections of members of the Rhode Island Senate until such time as the Rhode Island General Assembly should enact a senate-redistricting plan that meets the requirements of the State and Federal…
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